B.A. (Hons, Rome); M.A., Ph.D. (ANU)
Tel: (65) 6516 3356
Office: AS1 05 - 10
I was born in Rome, where I studied
classics in high school and graduated from the University "La Sapienza" with a major in Chinese
History. After travelling in Thailand, I developed
an interest in its history and culture, which led
me to pursue further studies at the Australian National
University, where I obtained my MA (Asian Studies)
in 1994 and PhD in 1998. Since then, I've been teaching
in this Department. At present, I teach the courses
"Uses of the Past: Memory, Heritage and History",
and "A History of East/West Artistic Interactions",
as well as the segment on culture and society in
"The Making of the Modern World". My research
interests focus on Thailand's cultural history and
the cultural dimension of modernity in Southeast
Asia. My publications include The Politics of Ruins
and the Business of Nostalgia (Bangkok: White Lotus,
2002) and Lords of Things: The Fashioning of the
Siamese Monarchy's Modern Image (Honolulu: University
of Hawaii Press, 2002). My main passions are cinema,
world music, fashion, and travel. The best way to
engage me in a conversation is over a cup of REAL
espresso--no Seattle imitations accepted!
TEACHING AREAS:
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East-West
Artistic Interactions |
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Memory,
Heritage, and History |
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World
History |
CURRENT RESEARCH:
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Cultural
dimension of Southeast Asian Modernity |
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Visual
and Material Culture |
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History
and Practice of Heritage Conservation |
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Thailand's
Cultural History |
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
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‘Purveyors of Modernity?
European Artists and Architects in Turn-of-the-Century
Siam? Asia Europe Journal 1, 1 (2003) |
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Lords
of Things: The Fashioning of the Siamese Monarchy's
Modern Image (Honolulu: University of Hawaii
Press, 2002) |
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The
Politics of Ruins and the Business of Nostalgia
(Bangkok: White Lotus, 2002) |
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‘Shifting
Alterity: The Mongol in the Visual and Literary
Culture of the Late Middle Ages? Medieval
History Journal 4,1 (2001) |
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‘National
Heritage and Global Tourism in Thailand?
Annals of Tourism Research 23, 2 (1996)
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'Tra
il drago e la tigre', Mondo Cinese 79 (1992) |
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'La
modificazione del ruolo cinese nell' economia
del Siam nel corso del XIX secolo', Rivista
degli Studi Orientali LXIV: 3-4 (1990) |
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"...My research interests focus on Thailand's
cultural history and the cultural dimension
of modernity in Southeast Asia. ...
The best way to engage me in a conversation
is over a cup of REAL espresso--no Seattle
imitations accepted! "
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